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The Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic Of China (Taiwan) bans reporters from the People's Daily and Xinhua from Taiwan , saying the Mainland's State-controlled Media "tried to present their people with a distorted image of Taiwan". (BBC)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pushed for cooperation between India and the PRC to dominate high-tech industries. Urging the historical rivals to forget Past Tension , Wen said cooperation "will signify the coming of the Asian century of the IT industry." (ABC News)

Former South Africa n President FW De Klerk has called for a new Political Party to be set up following the dissolution of the New National Party . (BBC)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict :

--- Israel arrests Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef on his return home after he illegally makes his way from Ramallah to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to deliver a sermon. (UPI) (Haaretz)

--- A large security operation in Jerusalem appears to have prevented Israel i Zionist Extremist s from staging a rally at the Temple Mount , also known as the Haram Al-Sharif . The rally was to be in opposition to the proposed Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip . The police are also able to quell a stone-throwing Arab counter-demonstration. (BBC) (Haaretz)

--- Israel i Zionist Extremist s block a road near Tel Aviv during Rush Hour . Protesting the proposed Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip , they set tires alight and sit down on the road. Several are arrested and police are able to end the blockade within minutes. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)

--- Militant Palestinian Extremist s again fire Mortar s at settlements in the Gaza Strip . They are believed to have been fired by Islamic Jihad . (Al Jazeera)

--- Al Jazeera states that Palestinian sources report that Israel i Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has apologised to Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Nasr Yusuf for the deaths of 3 Palestinian teenagers on April 9 . (Al Jazeera)

American Spammer Jeremy Jaynes is sentenced for nine years in prison. The sentence is suspended until further appeals. (Spamfo) (E-Commerce News) (CNN)

A magnitude 6.1 Earthquake strikes Tokyo . There are no reports of serious damages. (Japan Times) (Reuters)

British carmaker MG Rover receives a loan of £6.5 million from the British government. (BBC) (Bloomberg) (Financial Times)

Spanish police seize an ETA cache of explosives in Hernani , near San Sebastián . (EITB) (Reuters AlertNet)

Italian deputy prime minister Marco Follini calls for an early General Election after the centre-right coalition of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi lost in a regional ballot last week. (AGI) (ITH)

In Mexico , Raúl Gibb Guerrero , editor of '' La Opinión '' newspaper, who covered Mexican Drug Cartel s is killed. (Prensa Latina) (Reuters AlertNet) (San Diego Tribune)

A Haiti an police team and UN peacekeepers kill a prominent gang leader Grenn Sonnen (Jean Anthony Rene) and five of his supporters in a shootout. (Haiti Action Committee) (Reuters)